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Analysis of a floating particle interacting with fixed cylinders inside a channel

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We have examined the behavior of a suspended solid particle floating in a fluid and interacting with circular cylinders inside a channel. The interaction of particles with cylinders, outer boundary and with the fluid is analyzed. Solid particles move freely in the fluid along a fixed computational mesh using an Eulerian approach. Treatment of fluid and particle interaction is achieved using the fictitious boundary method (FBM). A modification in the collision model, proposed by Singh, Glowinski, Joseph, and coauthors, is presented to handle particle-cylinder interactions. The particulate flow is computed using multigrid finite element solver FEATFLOW (Finite element analysis tool for flow problems). Numerical experiments are performed considering different particle positions and different alignments of cylinders and their effect on particle trajectories has been studied. Effects of the particle-wall, particle-cylinder and particle-fluid interaction on the motion of the particles and on the physical behavior of the fluid-particle system have been analyzed. Results for the sharp increase in the amplitude of drag forces on the cylinders, arising due to a nearby passing particle have been presented.

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    K. Usman, J. Asmat, Waqas Sarwar Abbasi, S. Jabeen & J. Ali

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Usman, K., Asmat, J., Abbasi, W.S. et al. Analysis of a floating particle interacting with fixed cylinders inside a channel. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 43, 565 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-021-03283-z

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